One sister for sale, one sister for sale, one crying and spying young sister for sale. I'm really not kidding so who'll start the bidding. Do I hear a dollar? A nickle? A penny? Oh isnt there isn't, there isn't there any one person who will buy this sister for sale. This crying spying old young sister for sale. ~Shel Silverstein
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And sometimes you lie to me and sometimes I lie to you; and there isn't a thing you could possibly do All these half-destroyed lives aren't as bad as they seem but now I see blood and I hear screams then I wake up and it's just a bad dream. ~Michael Grant
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As long as you seek for something, you will get the shadow of reality and not reality itself. ~Zen Proverb
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A thousand men can't undress a naked man. ~Greek Proverb
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In Los Angeles, the gang capital of the world, we have 1,100 gangs and 120,000 gang members so it is a daunting, complex social dilemma. ~Greg Boyle
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Fashion is more powerful than any tyrant. ~Latin Proverb
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Since the house is on fire let us warm ourselves. ~Italian Proverb
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A stumble may prevent a fall. ~English Proverb
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Even a clock that does not work is right twice a day. ~Polish Proverb
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Short of being prime minister there isn't a better job in British politics than running London. ~Kenneth Robert Livingstone
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Never speak ill of the dead. ~English Proverb
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The road to a friend's house is never long. ~Danish Proverb
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A narrow neck keeps the bottle from being emptied in one swig. ~Irish Proverb
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There is nothing you can see that is not a flower; there is nothing you can think that is not the moon. ~Zen Proverb
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In a bet there is a fool and a thief. ~Proverb
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In the beginner's mind there are many possibilities, but in the expert's mind there are few. ~Zen Proverb
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Never write a letter while you are angry. ~Chinese Proverb
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There is no meaning to a flower unless it blooms. ~Zen Proverb
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Where a man feels pain he lays his hand. ~Dutch Proverb
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Rough spots sharpen our performance. And more often than not, obstacles can be turned into advantages. You just can't let your disappointment get in the way. ~Harvey Mackay
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Where there is great doubt, there will be great awakening; small doubt, small awakening, no doubt, no awakening. ~Zen Proverb
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When you throw dirt, you lose ground. ~Texan Proverb
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The pleasure isn't in owning the person. The pleasure is this. Having another contender in the room with you. ~Philip Roth
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Man is the slave of beneficence. ~Arabic Proverb
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We live in a broken world full of broken people. But isn't it comforting to know God isn't ever broken? He isn't ever caught off guard, taken by surprise, or shocked by what happens next. ~Lysa TerKeurst
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